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Social Security Benefits

Asked by Jon TrickettLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 5 February 2025UIN 27836

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on in-work benefits in the last 12 months.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

There are no DWP benefits remaining that are solely payable to claimants in-work. Many allow for some element of earnings to be combined with benefit receipt, and the level of this spend on working as opposed to non-working claimants varies across different benefits.

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